Desperation is starting to show

[andreas]

Also, I wonder if Porsche help dealers out if they then have to take back a leased car which is losing money every month. Don't the dealers actually buy the car's off Porsche to begin with? Not 100% sure how it works.

I'd imagine leased cars are owned by Volkswagen Financial Services (UK) Ltd, and they're maybe just placed with OPCs to be sold.

[PJV997]

Getting an email doesn’t really show desperation - mass e-mails to some of the Porsche customer base is just part of the sales and marketing machine. Not all customers/contacts are getting e-mails though - I haven’t had one yet, nor an offer of a test drive.

Will it be desperation when they offer new Taycans at 20% off list? BMW do that with most of their M cars once the initial 6-12 month excitement of a newly introduced model has worn off.

I don’t disagree that Porsche have an issue with the amount of new Taycan stock, but IMO they are a long way from showing desperation in their sales tactics.

[Skyway]

I think that'll be on its way though when they have to sell 22% of all sales as EVs come January

There are masses of these things on their Approved Used site and over 100+ brand new ready to go!

[Wing Commander]

Just seen a FB video from Porsche Swindon.

Surprisingly, although promoting their massive selection of used cars, the models promoted in the video are all sports cars, including a 991.1 and a couple of GT4s.

They no longer email me or ring me, as I last ordered a new car over 5.5 years ago!

[neilj007]

I think that'll be on its way though when they have to sell 22% of all sales as EVs come January

There are masses of these things on their Approved Used site and over 100+ brand new ready to go!

Drill down to the model variants and it's nearer 500...

[andreas]

Drill down to the model variants and it's nearer 500...

Yes, currently 486 new Taycans looking for a buyer in the OPCs. But the interesting comparison is to see how many new Porsches of the other model ranges are listed:-

36 718s
109 911s
74 Panameras
12 Macans
20 Cayennes

[wilko]

Mate of mine just got 17k discount not to cancel his wife’s £130k gts.
Told him he’d still take a bath on it even with that discount, but she wants it.

[Wing Commander]

Mate of mine just got 17k discount not to cancel his wife’s £130k gts.
Told him he’d still take a bath on it even with that discount, but she wants it.

It must be love!

[FirstSeaLord]

Indeed.

There's a normal (as opposed to Heritage) GTS Targa on at £169k, and a 2WD GTS coupe at £148k. Am not an expert in GTS prices but those sound outrageously high. One has to be losing £30k the second one drives one out of the showroom

[wab172uk]

Getting an email doesn’t really show desperation - mass e-mails to some of the Porsche customer base is just part of the sales and marketing machine.

Maybe not. But my point was they rang me days before, and I said I wasn't interested in a Taycan. Less than a week later, an email asking me if I want to buy a Taycan.

Maybe they thought I originally said no to buy that week ! But he might be interested this week instead.